[MAIPC] multiflora rose dauber question

[Richard Gardner]

  I have been working on eliminating an extensive infestation of multiflora rose on our steep sloped woodlot and the bottomland/swamp at its bottom to make essentially a food forest of blueberries and pawpaws with a mixture of other natives such as American holly and Winterberry holly. To this point I have cut literally thousands of stems using an Ego pole chainsaw for larger stems and a similar Stihl with a table saw-like blade on the end for the smaller stems. I need suggestions for herbicide daubers to use on the cut stems when I repeat the process in the fall. I ordered one from Amazon that is only about 3 feet long when I need one at least 5 feet long due to poor accessibility to the multiflora stems.
  A complication I am having is that we lost a lot of trees due to Emerald Ash Borer which have fallen across some of the multiflora rose clusters. If we get enough dry weather this will be solved with a chainsaw to break up the extensive trunks for better access.
  The good news with this is that apparently Spicebush appears to be fighting the infestation of multiflora rose and Oriental Bittersweet.
  I am quickly becoming a fan of battery powered tools for chainsaws and similar.
                                                                           Richard Gardner
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